Please add <*.bnf.fr> to the whitelisted domains. This is the site of the National Library of France. Thanks, Yann
There are http:// and ftp:// sources, e.g. http://gallica.bnf.fr/proxy?method=R&ark=btv1b90017001.f2&l=6&r=0,0,2048,2048 or ftp://ftp.bnf.fr/5500/N55000819_PDF_1_-1DM.pdf
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| Add *.bnf.fr to the wgCopyUploadsDomains whitelist | operations/mediawiki-config | master | +1 -0 |
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| Resolved | None | T60224 Add domains to $wgCopyUploadsDomains (tracking) | ||
| Resolved | dan-nl | T86699 Please add <*.bnf.fr> to the wgCopyUploadsDomains whitelist of Wikimedia Commons | ||
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Change 184872 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dan-nl):
Add *.bnf.fr to the wgCopyUploadsDomains whitelist
while everything seems legit, i really don’t know for sure. i think it would be better to create a more formal process for approving these whitelist adds.
for example, many of the domains we’ve added to wgCopyUploadsDomains are *.domain.name, which opens up any subdomain. it’s easy to add that domain to the list, but as one committing this patch:
i would feel more comfortable adding the commit and allowing the community to make the final approval on whether or not to merge the commit.
I see no problem with adding such domains. It is possible to upload files in batch using upload.py , so why it shouldn't be a big problem using GWT.. Please remember that GWT users are approved by commons bureaucrats, I see no need to bureaucratized the whitelist process.
In the future, please use separate tasks for requesting to whitelist other domains. I personally don't think it's a good idea to whitelist that because it would allow to upload images from millions of websites, defeating the purpose of wgCopyUploadsDomains whitelist.
That depends on the purpose of the whitelist. One of the purposes was allegedly to prevent connecting to malicious servers, in which case whitelisting archive.org would not defeat that purpose.
Change 184872 merged by jenkins-bot:
Add *.bnf.fr to the wgCopyUploadsDomains whitelist
Hi, It works for http:// and JPEG files, but not for ftp:// + PDF files. Could you please allow that? Thanks, Yann
Hi, I understand that ftp:// is not supported now. Could it be added? Should I open another request? Thanks, Yann
It is not possible to add ftp to wgCopyUploadsDomains. The protocol is not supported and will not be supported in the next time for what i know (can't find the related bugreport)
Technically, there's probably no reason why it couldn't be added - a task could be added requesting this functionality (if one doesn't already exist).
However, even if it is actually coded and supported inside MediaWiki, this is not to say that Wikimedia operations will want to punch holes to arbitrary FTP servers to allow the functionality to actually do anything on WMF servers.
If this is desperately needed, it might be quicker to get the server admins of bnf.fr to allow HTTP access to ftp.bnf.fr - a lot of sites seem to end up allowing access on either protocol to their "ftp servers"
Asking the BNF to change its web site? Forget it! They usually do not even answer to simple questions...